The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 221 The fog is heavy
You pay equal attention to riding and shooting, and young people are fond of chasing.

The felt belt is worn with double scorpions, like arc-cut carved clothes.

The beast is fat, the spring grass is short, and the flying bird is more flat.

In the morning, you travel to the Yanmen Gate, and in the evening, you return to the building to rest.

The stone beam has more strength, but the frightened bird has no whole eyes.

The Han and captive parties were not reconciled, and the border towns were overturned repeatedly.

Leave me a white feather, and share the tiger bamboo with it.

——Bao Zhao in "Imitation of Ancient Times" (Northern and Southern Dynasties)
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As soon as Bai Fu opened his eyes, the sky outside the cave was completely dark and full of stars.

What he heard and saw in Vipassana meditation just now made Bai Fu amazed.Patriarch Bodhidharma left his life's memory and cultivation in the shadow.

It can be seen from the cultivation base of Bodhidharma in the movie that Shaolin 72 unique skills are only based on the Zen state of mind left in the shadow, and the martial arts kung fu is illusioned.

In the shadow, Bai Fu met Patriarch Bodhidharma.Only then did I understand the profound meaning of Zen Buddhism, which is not based on words, but passed on outside the teaching, and conveys the deep meaning from heart to heart.

Landscape, you can only know it when you see it.On the other side, you can only see it when you know it.

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Bai Fu slowly opened his palm, and a small vajra subduing magic pestle appeared in his palm, shining golden light, with Sanskrit scriptures carved by Bodhidharma himself.The appearance of the Vajra Subduing Demon Pestle proved that what happened just now was not a dream.

Bai Fu stroked the subduing magic pestle, with endless aftertaste.

Suddenly hearing a clicking sound, a Buddha statue on the right side of the cave slowly turned.There is a hole at the bottom of the Buddha statue. It turns out that there is a secret passage here.

With a thought, Bai Fu floated out of the cave and hid in the grass.

Two monks walked out of the cave, and one of them was the middle-aged monk who besieged him last time.The other person was of medium build, burly and sturdy.

The middle-aged monk complained: "The messenger from the White Horse Temple has already gone up the mountain. It is estimated that there is something wrong with the White Horse Temple. I told you a long time ago that Yamamoto's method is not good. Stealing chickens will not make money, but will expose everyone. .”

The burly monk said: "What uncle taught me is, where should I go next?"

The middle-aged monk said: "You go to Fan Yang first. An Lushan, the governor of Fan Yang, is my good friend. You hide in his army first and wait for our orders." After finishing speaking, he picked up the wine bag and poured out two bowls Rice wine, hand it to the burly monk.

The two drank.

The burly monk bent down and bowed: "Ha Yi, take care uncle, Ichiro will bid farewell."

After finishing speaking, he unfolded his movements, carried his bag on his back, and carried his tin stick in his hand, and fled from the direction of the back mountain.

The middle-aged monk looked at his back and remained silent.Turn around and walk back to the entrance of the cave, and pull the small stone pagoda above the entrance of the cave, the Buddha statue in the cave is slowly closed, and the middle-aged monk jumped into the secret passage and disappeared.

Curious, Bai Fu pressed his ears to the ground, and when he couldn't hear anything underground, he drew a ladle on a gourd, spun the Buddha statue away, and jumped into the secret passage.

Bai Fu opened the fire folder and observed the secret passage carefully.

The secret way is narrow at the beginning, and only then can it pass through people.The more you walk, the wider it becomes, and rows of warehouses appear in front of you.Each warehouse has a huge vermilion lacquered wooden door with a copper ring embedded in the mouth of a beast, and the copper ring is locked by a mandarin duck lock.

Bai Fu twisted the lock and gently pushed open one of the wooden doors, he couldn't help being shocked.Inside the warehouse was actually an arsenal, full of knives, guns, swords, axes, hooks, armors, crossbows, and so on.These weapons are all military weapons, privately kept by the people, and will be considered a serious crime of treason by the government.Shaolin is the head of the seven sects of martial arts, isn't it afraid of bringing about a catastrophe?

Bai Fu randomly opened several storerooms, which contained not only grain and grass, but also military supplies such as quilts and tents.

This is extremely unusual, Bai Fu became vigilant.He found a monk's uniform from the warehouse and put it on. According to Hu Changgang's clothes, he disguised himself to make himself look like a Shaolin lay disciple, and then covered it.In the end, he wrapped the black iron thick back knife and carried it on his back. From the armory, he found a wooden stick of a Shaolin stick monk and held it in his hand, and tiptoedly searched in the warehouse.

There is a stone gate in the center of the secret passage, and the top is several feet high.Bai Fu checked the method of opening the door, and guessed that opening the door would make a lot of noise.In order not to attract the attention of the monks in the temple, Bai Fu continued to look for other exits.

In less than a cup of tea, Bai Fu found another relatively hidden exit.Bai Fu gently removed the cover of the exit, and poked his head out quietly.There is a curtain in front of the curtain, and three futons are placed side by side on the blue brick floor in front of the curtain.Bai Fu secretly speculated, could it be that the entrance of the secret path is opened in the Buddhist hall?
Bai Fu was about to rush out of the secret passage when he heard footsteps from a few feet away.

Bai Fu hid in the secret passage again, and moved the cover back to its original position, leaving only a thin gap.

A person enters the Buddhist hall, and it can be seen from the leggings that he is a monk.It's a pity that I can't see the face clearly.He paced back and forth in the Buddhist hall, as if he was waiting for someone.After walking around a few times, he sat down on the futon, took out his rosary, and recited scriptures.

Not long after, another person also entered the Buddhist hall, dressed as an ordinary pilgrim.The previous monk hurriedly stood up and greeted him with salutes.The two didn't exchange too many pleasantries, and went straight to the point.

The pilgrim asked: "How is Shaolin's material reserves now?"

The monk said: "Reporting to my son, the military supplies such as weapons and tents are enough to equip an army of [-], and the food and fodder can be used for a year for the army."

The pilgrim was surprised: "How can there be so many?"

The monk said: "The old emperor has always coveted the monks and soldiers of Shaolin Temple, and wanted to turn Shaolin into his personal armed force, so he planted many cronies in Shaolin openly and secretly, and met the abbot in vain."

The pilgrim said: "Then who has the final say in Shaolin now?"

The monk said: "The real thing about Shaolin now is the monastery supervisor. It is said that he is the man of Eunuch Gao, who supervises Shaolin on behalf of the emperor. There is nothing you can do if you see the abbot. If you don't obey, the emperor can erase Shaolin from the map with one word. "

The pilgrim said: "Does Li Longji dare? You must know that the Shaolin monk soldiers were bestowed by Emperor Taizong!"

The monk sighed: "As the saying goes, the first citron dies first. Shaolin was too close to Emperor Wu Zhao during the Wu Zhou Dynasty, and Emperor Xuanzong had always been worried about Wu Zhao's remnants. If it hadn't been for Princess Taiping's rebellion At that time, Shaolin politely rejected Princess Taiping's lobbying and did not participate, so it was wiped out at that time. Therefore, Abbot Kongjian could only try his best to convince people with virtue and dare not completely refuse the conditions proposed by the emperor's old son."

The pilgrim said: "Can you win over the temple supervisor?"

The monk said: "It's hard to say, on the surface he is absolutely loyal to Xuanzong. But he is an eunuch, and he is more greedy for money."

The pilgrim laughed and said, "That's easy."

The monk said: "If you can't win over the monastery supervisor, you can start with Abbot Kongjian's first disciple. He has been eager to inherit the mantle of the abbot as soon as possible."

The pilgrim wondered: "Isn't he the eldest disciple of Abbot Kongjian? How could he have such rebellious thoughts?"

(End of this chapter)